Triple Eight makes shock switch to Ford

Triple Eight switching to Ford from 2026
Reigning Supercars champion team Triple Eight Race Engineering has confirmed it will field Ford Mustangs from 2026. In a blockbuster Supercars story, Triple Eight and Ford revealed they will rejoin forces, 15 years after the championship-winning squad defected from the Blue Oval to General Motors.
Triple Eight to make bombshell Ford switch from 2026 in move set to shake up Supercars grid
Triple Eight Race Engineering will make the blockbuster switch from General Motors to Ford for the 2026 Supercars season. Ford says “it is planned” that Triple Eight will take over homologation duties from the struggling Dick Johnson Racing next season.
Triple Eight makes shock switch to Ford in Supercars
Ford has shocked the Supercars pitlane by signing reigning Supercars champion team Triple Eight Race Engineering for 2026 and beyond. The squad, which won the Supercars drivers’ title with Will Brown and the teams’ title last year,
Triple Eight Race Engineering joins Ford in shock Supercars shake-up
Powerhouse Supercars team Triple Eight Race Engineering has revealed it is defecting from General Motors and joining Ford Performance in a shock new partnership. Triple Eight will assume the role of Ford’s Supercars Homologation Team from 2026 onwards, taking over from the underperforming Dick Johnson Racing team.
Triple Eight to race for Ford in Supercars
The current “Gen 3” Ford Mustang Supercar developed by Dick Johnson Racing has struggled to match front-running Camaros at times. Triple Eight will replace DJR as the top team responsible for designing and developing future racing versions of the Mustang in Australia.
Triple Eight makes shock Ford Supercars defection
A front view of a Ford Mustang Supercar in Triple Eight Rae Engineering's Red Bull Ampol colours. The shock defection
Old rivalry reignites amid shock Supercars defection
Supercars heavyweights Triple Eight will abandon Chevrolet for rival Ford in a move that threatens to overturn General Motors' recent dominance of the category.
Supercars rocked by champions' shock defection
After 15 seasons with General Motors running Holdens and Chevrolets in the Supercars Championship, Triple Eight Racing has announced it will defect back to Ford.
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The General Responds to Triple Eight Defection
A shellshocked General Motors has responded to Triple Eight's defection to Ford by issuing an eyes-forward statement.